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More People Are Buying Mario Kart Than Nintendo’s Newest Games
5.8.2021
Nintendo’s Super Star isn’t the bright and shiny New Pokémon Snap or even the juggernaut that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. No, well into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan in the year 2021, it’s Mario Kart 8 that takes the lead.Read more
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
Embracer Group Buys Seven Studios, Including Duke Nukem's 3D Realms
5.8.2021
The Embracer Group, an enormous corporate blob encompassing publishers like Gearbox, THQ Nordic and Deep Silver, has just bought seven new studios, including 3D Realms (Duke Nukem) and Ghost Ship Games (Deep Rock Galactic).Read more
Pokémon Go Creators Reconsidering Rule Changes After Players Threaten Boycott
5.8.2021
Niantic, the studio behind Pokémon Go, has responded to player criticism and threats of a boycott after proposed changes to some of the game’s rules in the USA and New Zealand did not go down very well.Read more
Gone Home Studio Co-Founder Steps Down After Allegations Of 'Toxic' Workplace
5.8.2021
Steve Gaynor, the co-founder of Gone Home developers Fullbright, has left his position as creative lead and manager on their latest game Open Roads following allegations he fostered a “toxic” work environment.Read more
I Bought A Switch And I'm An Idiot, So I Ruined My Daughter's Birthday
5.8.2021
My daughter turned 11 today, and given the fact she loves the thing but always has to share our existing unit with me and her brother, all she wanted was a Nintendo Switch. So we got her one.Read more
PS5 Dev Kits Quickly Pulled From Ebay
5.8.2021
Earlier today, a pair of PlayStation 5 development kits reportedly popped up on eBay before being taken off the auction site within a few hours.Read more
Go Find The Grand Canyon In Microsoft Flight Sim They Said, It’ll Be Easy They Said
4.8.2021
I finally saw the Grand Canyon. It was cool. It wasn’t worth it.Read more
Super Monkey Ball x Jet Set Radio Crossover Is Like A Tasty Peanut Butter Cup
4.8.2021
Jet Set Radio protagonist Beat will appear in the upcoming Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania as a playable character, Sega announced this morning.Read more
Activision Blizzard’s Latest Investor Call Was An Especially Ghoulish Affair
4.8.2021
Every few months big game companies hold investor calls in which one set of rich people reassures another set of rich people that they are both still rich and will, over the coming months, likely get even richer. Sometimes one of the rich people hints at a new game that’s in development. Other...
Competitive Horde Mode Coming To Ghost Of Tsushima
4.8.2021
Last October, Ghost of Tsushima received a surprise multiplayer expansion called Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, which pit teams of players against waves of enemies in various cooperative scenarios. Nearly one year on, Legends is on the edge of some big changes, including a new competitive mode and...
The OG Halo Announcer Is Winning The Internet's Heart Right Now
4.8.2021
Usually Halo multiplayer announcer Jeff Steitzer says things like “Double Kill”, “Triple Kill”, and “Killing Spree.” But this time, at the request of folks on celebrity video request platform Cameo, he’s saying much more—and winning the internet’s heart in the process.Read more
The Sims 4: Cottage Living Is Already One Of Its Best Expansions
4.8.2021
There are some “must-haves” for fans of The Sims. These are staples that are so ingrained in our IRL worlds or the franchise that a Sims game feels lacking without them: Attending university, having a pet, changing seasons, family gameplay, something magical or otherworldly, oh, and farming.Read...
What You Should Know About Solar Ash, From The Makers Of Hyper Light Drifter
4.8.2021
If you played Hyper Light Drifter, you got your ass kicked by Hyper Light Drifter. Heart Machine’s top-down action RPG was a bona fide gauntlet designed to run you through the wringer (a lot) before you acclimated to its resolutely unforgiving peculiarities. So you might be pleased to hear that...
There’s 30 Doge-Like Tokens Today — New Daddy Doge Jumps 57% This Week, Promises To Be First in Space
4.8.2021
Following the hype surrounding dogecoin, shiba inu, and then baby doge, another token called daddy doge (DADDYDOGE) has been gathering steam. The coin saw some interest after Elon Musk said the words “daddy doge” in a video of Tesla’s CEO being escorted to a car. Furthermore,...
The Tricky, Essential Art of Preserving Canceled Games Like Starfox 2
4.8.2021
What we know of history is preserved in the art we create, and what we leave behind. Cave paintings tell stories of great hunting feats, crumbling texts give us a glimpse into ancient cultures, and film reels show us how far life has come. In the same way, these artifacts represent the breadth...
Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million
4.8.2021
In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).Read more
Splitgate Not Only Slaps, It's The Best Arena Shooter I've Played In Years
4.8.2021
As good as Halo Infinite‘s beta was the other day, it has a problem. Splitgate does the same brand of gunplay just as well, and it’s got portals.Read more
Pharaoh Rebirth+ Has That Nostalgic PlayStation Sound
4.8.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re digging into the music of Pharaoh Rebirth+, a hidden gem buried amid the ever-growing numbers of forgotten games on Steam.Read more
Skyward Sword HD Revisits The Stumble That Lead To Breath Of The Wild
4.8.2021
Almost a decade after its original Wii debut, Nintendo’s released The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Switch. And let’s be frank: Skyward Sword wasn’t the best-received Zelda title ever. Even as it charmed most media outlets, many fans bemoaned its linearity and questionable controls....